On Tonight: 'Vampire Diaries,' 'All Things Connecticut' Back

"All Things Connecticut" (CPTV, 8 p.m.) returns for a new season with a new host, Jason Hawkins from "Eating CT" (CPTV, 8:30 p.m.). He reports from the Newgate Prison in East Granby, where he is just visiting.

After a few months fangless, other than reruns of "Twilight" (Showtime 2, 7 p.m.), "The Vampire Diaries" (The CW, 8 p.m.) returns with new episodes, now featuring Melinda Clarke, formerly of "the O.C." moving to another teen drama, this time as Matt's mother. Also new tonight is the accompanying "Supernatural" (The CW, 9 p.m.).

Wonder if people will still be tuning in to theNCAA Basketball Tournament after so many brackets were demolished in upsets last weekend. They probably are. Tonight it's Butler vs. Syracuse (CBS, 7 p.m.) and Cornell vs. Kentucky (CBS, 9:30 p.m.).

Jason Sudekis of "Saturday Night Live" reunites with Tina Fey when he returns to play Liz Lemon's ex on a new "30 Rock" (NBC, 9:30 p.m.). Fey also stars in her 2004 comedy "Mean Girls" (TBS, 8 p.m.).

It's happy hour on "The Office" (NBC, 9 p.m.).

The pace of "FlashForward" (ABC, 8 p.m.) is supposed to be more swift now that it's back. "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC, 9 p.m.) and "Private Practice" (ABC, 10 p.m.) are new, though "Bones" (Fox, 8 p.m.) and "Fringe" (Fox, 9 p.m.) are repeats.

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Roger Catlin is TV critic for the Hartford Courant and writes a daily column about what's on television called TV Eye. He is also on the board of the Television Critics Association. Before all of this, he was rock critic ... read more